Combined rail tie and fastener.



.C- M. BR'03NN COMBINED RAIL TIB AND PASTBNgRl APPLICATION FILEDAUG.19,`1914. I

Patented N0v.17,' l9lg4.

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APPLIGATION FILED AUG.19, 1914.

1,117,635, 1. l Patented-NW1?, 1914.

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d-cert-ain'new' of lwhich -tlie fo'll ing- .had te the 10Tlnslinvention' relates -to"`neW| and-,"useful .I

proyements in combined rail ties aiifas-L ene1s,vand. an object of theinvention is the of a device ofthis'charactenwhich. "infini number' ofiparts .tured, the device durable lnuse.

-Another object. of. t-his, invention is jthe eombined rail tie andfas-l v20 teneiffwlii lr 'includes'af lnetalliotie the vtie4 ated'tplateof mtal ,profvis'ionof la an elon which is bent.` long-it base Walland'spaced dinlly to provide' "a side Walls,"` transversely' platesbeingsecured of the sidewalls of the tle adjacent its ends, tosli track'are connected tothe tie without, the use'of bolts and nuts. a jects -inview,1ny invention'consists in-tlie novel constrnetin, com'bination,-and, arrangement 'of parts to .be

hereinafterfmpre fully and ,i'llustratedin the accompanying draw-lFlgure-l isa l'ongitu-'di naifsectional yiew throughone of :my--impro'vedties showing d thereto; Fig.- 2 i's a top f;'F ig. 3 isapers'p'ective airs.; Fig. .ais

.the vrails connecte plan-view thereo he railch oppositeends tothe'upper edges'of the sidewalls of the 'tie are supporting plat-es 4,the

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Clinton and proylnent's in Combined ail may.. be cheaply manufac-4 being'highly eflicient' and dably receiveliieh' the rails ofrthe.

described,y claimed,

.Patent .t plates beingg'"` disposed. adjacent the. opposite ,endsiofthe tief-to lsup fort the rails'ofy the. track. Each side Wall .of thetieisLlformed edges,v the reeessesf in -forlned to partially 'e edgesof'one 'of the 4plates at one'end thereof, the p ailvsof' recesseslbeing formed in "oppo-A site side walls 'of the'ft ie' for a purpose tobe Ihereina'fte'r more fully l lescribed Formed oneach plate'atitsendopposite' V'to that which extends above :the vv`r eeesses,..is an; up.-'Standing -lug- 6,`and' a f7. isformed in each'supportin.Cellt'onesdeedge thereof.; i The num'eral 8. designates 'the railchairs upon which the rails9 ae'dis osed for con, neetion tojthe.'tie,lveac'lrof t e.. rai l .ch,airs having a' pairf formed thereon? eacli'side w xt'endv under diagonally y of the rai-ils.` The Iopposingcornersof the #lligs on "each chaijr` are cut. away! .to lprovide panal-lelfaces 10 which .arespaced apart a ydistance slightly gi-eater :the :base"flanges of the rail -ohairs may i be l, applied to'. the

.rails at a v fwitlia pair 'of'. recesses `5. in.- their. upper key:recei ving opening..4

g .plate'vadga- (if, ,rail engaging lngs v10 i. l a n oppos1terlcr--ners, for ngagementwith -tll'epbaseflal'lges waarmee ail beingr hef sidethan' thejwidth of se SQ' @hat `pointalong, theirilength by turning this.chairsso that the faces 10.are ar'range d for; 'opposite sides'of.,tlie.. ail's,' ,Whe eby the .chairs may. .'be' '.nioved fupW'a'rdl'ztorliss "Pose the -raillensging111gslQ..,aliQve. the base ilanges,'

l,ch-airs to extend'lohgitudinall othe rails, the ,lugs ll0 .will be`engaged with; the base flanges'of 'the rails.` The ,chairs aregpro-Avided on'their under-'faces atytheir opposite -ende ,gfes n'iitl1intuifne'd ang'es,.l1 .tyliili- 'exten jthe entire Width-of.UA anges'-l1 being. adapted" for ensngemt t with th'e side edges 'ofthe-supportingplates are bent in opposite directions'to extend laterally of the S0.:-that upon' turning' the i -speetive View` ofthe-locking;` key; and-Fig4, therecesses 4being'of sufficientV deptliato ,6`isa trans'versionalView throu h iny iinpermit, ofthe engagementnof'ktho' lflaingfisproredtie; and Fig. 7 is a perspectiveview .Wigthth plates,l 'x i@ 45loff-an alternative formfof nly' invention For1nedi'n each chair, 8 i sa ke'yreceiy- -`showing the sameused inrconnection with a ing opening12,.'the openings 12 beingfagapb `-rail joint. f fedtQ-.1`egSter'withthe'OleIlingS7 in Sill?? ferringmore` palpjcslarlytothe drafwr porting plates-when the chairs'areinaposi-`ing's,""the'numeral-l2 designates my lnlproved ,tionA for nse, andadapted for disposition 'm5 50 -tie which consists of an elongated.plate of throughfthe registering openings-,172?" andlg metal bentlongitudinally adjacent (its side are-r -locking keys 11,3 which]offvecfedges tolprovide a b asef'wall `2, and u )standtangularlngetallio platesfspliltm v ing spaced parallel vside walls 3. Disposedposlteends4 to pro-'vide' wlnfrs'fl 4*; Atla'nsvers'ely of the tie andsecured at their 4'.l`he`w1ngs 14 on the 1 lonjei-e'rnds .of the plates1m in` opposite directions to are disposed through the registeringopenings, so that the wings 14 on the lower ends 'of the plates engagethe under 1i'ace's of thel plates fi, and so that the wings 14 on theupper ends of' the plates may be also bent engage the upper aces'of thechairs, whereby the chairs 8 are 4locked to the supporting plates andare prevented from backing oil of In' I*`ig.'7 of the drawings,

the same.

I have illus- -trated an alternative form of my invention,

connection with view, the meeting ends of a pair of-rails in which myimprove device is shown in vIn this the rail joint.

9a are connected together `by the angle bars 15,' in the lower edges ofwhich recesses 16 are formed, which are of substantially the same shapeas the rail engaging lugs 10 of the chairs 8a, so that upon engagementoif the angle bars with the rails, the chairs v8 are locked in positionupon they rails without the use of any fastening devices by reason ofthe engagement of the lugs 10 'in tlie recesses 16 inthe langle bars.

From the above description taken in oonnection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that I have provided a `combined rail tie andfastener in which tile rail chairs may sliding movement of the chairswith relaand 12in the Aner v t'o lock the chairs to the supporting 'fplates.

be connected to therails their length after the the ties, by disa't anypoint along rails have been laid upon posing the chairs below the-railsbetween of the jacent ties, with the iat faces 10 ugs on opposite sidesof the base flanges of/the rails, 'so that the chairsiv may be vupwardlyand turned to engage the lugs"'with the base iianges, whereupon thechairs are moved longitudinally of the rails to .engage the flanges 11with the side edges of the'pla-tes ei. It will be seen that the tion vtothe plates i is limited by the engagement of one edge of the plates withthe lugs 6, vwhereupon the keys may be disp sed through the registeringopenings hereinbeforedescribed inan- By the provision of a rail tie andfastenerwhich yisconstructedin accordance nuts to connect the ;connectthe chairs with with my invention, the use of bolts and chairs togetherand t o nated whereby thetime lrequired heretofore Ain laying thetraclrisy materially reduced.

Having lthus fully described my invention, what I desire to, claim andsecure by Letters Patent is 1. In .combination with va tie having spacedvertical side walls,

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in which extend the ties is climi said tie having transversely extendingsupporting plates se cured to the upper edges of the side walls adjacentthe ends of the tie,.said side walls having recessesv therein whichpartially eX- tend under the side edges of the pl ates at one endthereof, of rail chairs having inl turned langeson their under facesforsliding engagement with the 4side edges of vsaid movement of the chairs"upon said 2. In combination with a tie having spaced vertical sidewalls, transverselyv vdisposed plates secured tothe upper edges of`Vwalls adjacent the ends of thetie,

the side said side wa-lls'h'aving recesses formed -thereunder the sideedges ofthe plates at one end thereof, of rail chairs having inturnedianges for sliding engagement with the side edges oi' the plates,

means f or limiting the inward movement of said chairs with relation tothe plates, and means for and means for limitingthe inwardplates.- .f

locking the chairs to said tie V'in their operative position.

3. In combination with a tie having upstanding parallel side walls,transversely disposed plates secured at their ends to the upper edges ofthe side walls of the tie adjacent its end s, each of the side wallshaving a pair of recesses formed therein vpartially extending under theside edges of in thek sidey one of the plates, the recesses walls .beingarranged on opposite sides of the tie, of rail chairs having inturnedflanges for sliding engagement with the side upstanding vflange formedon the otherend of'each plate'to limit the inward movement of saidchairs,

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and means for locking said chairs to said have reached the limit oftheir inward movement.'i

plates when the chairs 4. In combination with a tie having trans--versely disposed supporting plates o n.'its upper -face adjacent theends of the tie, of

rail chairs having inturned flanges for slidthe inward moveplates, meansfor limiting said plates ment of the chairs on said plate,

and' said chairs having openings therein i ing engagement with the sideedges of the

